Despite the misleading, negative attacks from Noem and her supporters, Herseth Sandlin has consistently voted according to what's right for South Dakota. Herseth Sandlin voted against the health care bill, the cap-and-trade climate change bill, and all the bailouts.

Herseth Sandlin's response ad exposes Noem's false attack, citing the nonpartisan National Journal vote rankings -- which put Herseth Sandlin at the exact center of the House -- and documenting that she voted more conservatively than 53% of all House members. The South Dakota Associated Press and Pierre Capital Journal have both written about the flaws in the statistics used by Noem and her out-of-state attack groups.